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I hope Epic loses this. I do not want the App Store opened up in any way. One of the reasons I use iOS is so that I have very few worries about a device that I

by laingc 6y ago

I hope Epic loses this. I do not want the App Store opened up in any way. One of the reasons I use iOS is so that I have very few worries about a device that I use every day. To me, and I suspect to almost everyone else, iPhones are not computers. They are devices. Laptops are computers because they are for computing things. This is why I have moved away from MacOS as they have progressively made computing harder, but gravitated even further towards iOS. If you want a totally open smartphone platform, great. That sounds wonderful for you. But don’t use the law to take away the only secure smartphone platform I have available to me - go find your own open platform and play Fortnite to your heart’s content.

marcosscriven 6y ago
I consider my iPhone to be a computer. It’s possible for some middle ground here. If there’s an alternative distribution method, you wouldn’t have to use it. And it’s of course possible that a lower commission is enforced. Finally, the biggest issue here is Apple’s extreme power in being able to completely destroy software companies. I don’t think that’s right, personally.
- laingc 6y ago
  I want a platform that both I and my 72-year-old father can use without concern that he might be phished into downloading another App Store. Billions of iPhone sales show that people clearly want the same. If you want a top-end device with a widely used OS where you can install a thousand app stores, you can have one. Any one of a dozen major phone manufacturers will be happy to sell you an Android device. You might consider your iPhone a computer, but I don’t, and more to the point Apple doesn’t - and you and I both knew that when we bought them.
  - mcejp 6y ago
    > Billions of iPhone sales show that people clearly want the same. It could as well be showing that they are only willing to endure the same. The truth is - we cannot know, since an iPhone cannot be bought without the App Store and vice versa.

by laingc 6y ago

marcosscriven 6y ago

I consider my iPhone to be a computer. It’s possible for some middle ground here. If there’s an alternative distribution method, you wouldn’t have to use it. And it’s of course possible that a lower commission is enforced. Finally, the biggest issue here is Apple’s extreme power in being able to completely destroy software companies. I don’t think that’s right, personally.

laingc 6y ago
I want a platform that both I and my 72-year-old father can use without concern that he might be phished into downloading another App Store. Billions of iPhone sales show that people clearly want the same. If you want a top-end device with a widely used OS where you can install a thousand app stores, you can have one. Any one of a dozen major phone manufacturers will be happy to sell you an Android device. You might consider your iPhone a computer, but I don’t, and more to the point Apple doesn’t - and you and I both knew that when we bought them.
- mcejp 6y ago
  > Billions of iPhone sales show that people clearly want the same. It could as well be showing that they are only willing to endure the same. The truth is - we cannot know, since an iPhone cannot be bought without the App Store and vice versa.